![]() ![]() ![]() I have successfully done with 50 words on the mental health form I built where client history was explained versus a checked box. This works with either a one word data point or a paragraph. In using your iPad in the field with a Jot-Form, you capture the data and then later run the merge tool to insert the data in what ever kind of report style you like, taking care to place the “place holder text” where each respective data point needs to go. Here is a link,, to a screen cast of the workflow in operation that I made to connivence my wife how much better this was compared to her filling out each cert individually and then emailing them. Now this is just a very high level summary of how this tool works. I send this to my wife to be then sent to accreditation agency for permanent record. The merge tool also creates a save folder for all the certificates, ( where ever you choose ) on your Mac. It takes the data and fills in the info to the certificate, converts it to a PDF, then attaches it to an email to be sent to the respective attendee. From there, I open it in Numbers and I open a pages document / template for the certification document and then run the merge tool. This data is then saved to a Google sheet. She takes her iPad I the field and capture attendee data on a “jot Form”. I currently use this to support my wife her clinical teaching she does. It uses the place holder text in pages along with a numbers document to insert values where ever you choose. Are you wanting to be totally on the iPad or can you go back to your mac at some point? I ask this, because I found a cool " data merge" tool from here. In looking over your question and what I believe your trying to accomplish, can you clarify a few things. ![]() Sorry for the delay in getting back, since my last reply I learned my brother-in-law passed away very suddenly and we have had to focus attentions there. Just think about having your trigger string as part of the action name. ![]() If you were clever about the naming of the actions you also wouldn’t have to maintain a list of available ones in your trigger action. I’d advise setting up the other prompts as actions so you that it isn’t just one megalithic action but more modular. However if you are looking for a text string entry to trigger a form then Drafts does not currently support that.īut, if you used a keyboard shortcut to trigger an action containing a prompt that allowed you to type in a text string, Drafts could then use that to offer up and display other prompts that would allow you to capture additional information that could then be inserted into the Draft. If you have a Drafts prompt in an action, you can trigger that action with a keyboard shortcut. I’m assuming this is related to your post over on the Drafts forum. I would then sit down and copy the data from the PDF file into text using Ulysses and Typinator. The only thing that I can think of right now is to create a PDF questioner with pre-defined answers to common questions and blank areas for longer answers. Moreover, it does not support iCloud file sync.ĭrafts 5 has some interesting potential but there is currently no way to enter a keyboard abbreviation (rep.mood) to have the prompt actions activated. Unfortunately, it has not been updated in over a year and the developer is not responsive at all. The text entry within TE iOS app is clunky and all of the apps that support TE do not support fill-in prompts.Įditorial is perhaps the best app out there that gets close to what I would need to move from Mac to iOS. I want to stay away from TextExpander as is does not bring value to my workflow. Thus, here is the question - can this be done on the iPad? However, it is annoying to take Mac and iPad with me everywhere I go. The clients use Apple Pencil to complete all of the paper tests and forms on the iPad. I used to print them out and then scan them but nowadays I have them on my iPad. I also administer a few pair based tests. Nevertheless, I use Ulysses + Typinator for my intake workflow with clients. After about 90 minutes of intake, I get an eye strain. My main complaint is that there is currently no font size control option and the user prompt with fill-in text areas are too small. As I was searching for a replacement, I discovered Typinator. However, I stopped paying for TE subscription as the developers have added nothing useful over the past two years. Thus, I have predefined answers and some require me to fill-in the text. Many of the client responses are similar. Part of my job is to do psychological assessments during which I have to ask a lot of different questions. ![]()
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